Interesting Links for 08-05-2012
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andrewducker- The truth about space pens
- Move fast and break things - why Facebook (the company) works the way it does.
- A brilliant post about how similar software development and having your bathroom refitted are.
- Brazil retailer using Facebook likes on its clothing hangers
- Scotland's councils - coalitions everywhere! (Including one where it's Labour+Conservatives!)
- Religion riskier than porn for online viruses.
- Fox News contributor laments mistake of letting women vote
- How savage has European austerity (spending cuts) been?
- Why the Department of Defense refused to support The Avengers
- Losing yourself in a fictional character can affect your real life
- Oral zinc may lessen common cold symptoms (and cause nausea)
- Labour-SNP Coalition to Control Edinburgh City Council. Hurrah for common sense beating tribalism.
- Want creative adults? Encourage fanfic.
- I had no idea that Ireland has mysterious boulders that move when nobody is looking
- Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Nevada roads
- Does your Hi-Fi system have an atomic clock? Then frankly you haven't spent enough on it.
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Date: 2012-05-08 04:42 pm (UTC)Here's a picture nabbed from Amazon of an unengraved one.
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Date: 2012-05-16 09:07 pm (UTC)I'm not sure I want a space pen enough to switch jobs, but I can definitely see the allure.
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Date: 2012-05-08 12:13 pm (UTC)Wasn't it also that in making access to FB limited, he made it more desirable and gave it social cachet?
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Date: 2012-05-08 05:06 pm (UTC)So they spent $4,382.50 on pencils that they never used?